Cambridgeshire County Council has registered us for this scheme (ref BKG0031), so if we need a community minibus for a mapping part, we can get one (of course, we'd need to pay for the use of it, but should be much cheaper than renting one).
David David Earl wrote: > I've had notification (via Cambridge Cycling Campaign) about a scheme > whereby Cambridgeshire County Council will put community groups (which I > think could very reasonably include OpenStreetMap in the "Interest, > hobbies and arts groups" category) in touch with minibus operators > (particularly other community groups who have them but don't use them > all the time, and other county council owned ones) so that relatively > cheap community transport can be arranged. > > http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/around/communitytransport/Cambridgeshire+Minibus+Brokerage+Scheme.htm > > > > It strikes me this might be useful for mapping parties on occasion - > e.g. a Sudbury one, where public transport is very thin on the ground > and transporting bikes by bus is not terribly practical. > > I'll keep in touch with them. It may be easier to deal with this is we > are formally constituted as part of one of the upcoming local OSMF > chapters (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters) _______________________________________________ Talk-gb-midanglia mailing list Talk-gb-midanglia@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-midanglia
